Hatfield Hotel

We never have a dull moment here. Several people have commented that they enjoy reading our blog so I tried to think of what I could write about recently. Maybe the title should be “Hatfield Hotel open for business.” This past week an elderly couple, Jim & Esther, stayed with us after returning to the city. They are now staying on the other side of town while looking for their own apartment. 

Like last year, we have had week-long guests each month – Pam & Frank from SC in September, Steve & Dahlas from MA in October, Jim & Esther from OH in November and David from New Zealand is coming in December. We just heard from Jim & Marge that they will visit family in April and would like to visit us too. These are in addition to unplanned stays by other friends.

We enjoyed getting to know this godly couple. They have served overseas for most of their marriage - Outer Mongolia, The Gambia, and 30 years in the Philippines. As Esther introduced us to her friends when they reconnected, we watched her teach and guide young sisters and brothers. So encouraging to see their fruitfulness in their later years. Such a picture of Psalm 92:12-15:

The righteous flourish like the palm tree

    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
15 to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Esther & Jim with Barnabas